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He's not the only player that was taking the loss hard, but the leaders of team are making sure that they're going to be ready to go for the next game.

“It’s definitely difficult, but that’s my job,” Nieporte said.

“That’s the older guys' job to pick the guys up that are maybe dwelling on it a little too much. There’s specific guys on this team that I feel maybe hold a bit of a grudge or dwell on it a little bit more than others because they feel responsible for it.

"When it’s all said and done it’s a nine-inning game with all those guys on the field… Nobody can put too much pressure on themselves that they lost the game. That’s not how it works.”

The Seminoles will face elimination tomorrow at 2 p.m. as they face off against Cal State Fullerton in the loser's bracket.

It's another elimination game in a long list of them that FSU has played this season.

“They’ve been this way all year long," FSU coach Mike Martin said.

"They’ve just continued to battle. That’s the only way I can describe it. That’s what they’ll do. You could sense it from the time we got on the bus last night till we go off the bus today.”

That sentiment was echoed by the players as they went through practice on Sunday.

FSU faced four straight elimination games in the ACC tournament, and four straight elimination games in the Tallahassee regional.

“We have way too much experience with that,” Nieporte said.

“We’ve obviously not been in this situation in regards to being in Omaha, but we’ve been in this situation with our backs against the wall. I think we’ve done pretty well when we know it’s lose or go home.

“We’ve got a lot of guys on this team that this could be their last game ever for baseball. I think that everybody steps their game up and fights for them. There’s a lot of heart and comradery in this team, and we’re not done yet.”